[SLUG] BBC iPlayer petition

[Stephen O'Neill]

Fintan Gaughan wrote:
> There are 9 Million of Deaf and Hard of Hearing  to reply on subtitles!

That is a disappointing state of affairs - I hope that they will resolve 
it before they move out of beta, that clearly being far more important 
than the whole DRM mallarky.

I only use subtitles for convenience on extremely rare occasions so it 
hadn't even occurred to me.

Just out of interest, how comprehensive is the subtitle coverage for 
standard programmes on the tv? Is it better or worse with digital? How 
do the non-license fee channels fare?

Daft question time - are their alternative formats for radio broadcasts, 
particularly news type broadcasts?

Oh, stupid question time: re. subtitles in VOB do you get two VOB 
downloads (one with and one without) or do players have a 'show/hide' 
subtitles so they're embedded separately from the video stream?

Good luck,

Steve O